Susan Reinhardt on veterans and PTSD

4:51 PM,
Nov. 10, 2012

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Susan Reinhardt
| Columnist

I received an anonymous email from a woman upset that so many veterans from various wars are needlessly tormented by post-traumatic stress disorder.

"So many of our young veterans are suffering, and many are committing suicide," she said.

While she declined to go on the record, she provided me with two families who willingly told the chilling stories of how PTSD, which came to light in 1980, had ripped their lives apart, destroying all joy, until the victims reached out for help and finally admitted their issues. ...